BANU

It is shocking that @mehdirhasan would attack @AlinejadMasih and call her - and Iranians fighting for freedom - “raging Islamophobes”. Now of all times. A woman seen as a staunch fighter for liberty for women in Iran and such a ‘threat’ to the Islamic regime that they sent assassins to her doorstep in New York. The would be killers now behind bars, thanks to the FBI. Since its creation 47 years ago, hundreds of thousands have been killed by the regime due to so called “Islamic edicts”. Edicts that include “sedition” - protesting - being deserving of immediate death. Countless women have been slaughtered for not wearing a hijab, another religious edict enforced by the regime. Criticising the Islamic regime is NOT Islamophobic. And defending the Islamic republic is NOT defending Islam, as so many Muslims without any critical thinking keep doing. Anything that either consciously or unconsciously defends this regime in the name of Islam has to be called out. Surely support for the people of Iran should not be conditional on how the Iranian diaspora makes Mehdi “feel”. That is his issue. You cannot expect victims to tune their pain to fit his, or anyone else’s narrative. I know Mehdi has written a book called “Win Every Argument”. But this is not an argument. And maybe he needs to do the mature thing and apologise, not just to Masih, but to all Iranians. Especially to the families of the tens of thousands who have in the last few weeks given their lives to be free of this murderous regime. Incredibly truthful piece here in @spikedonline please read ⬇️